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(Redirected from Kuwaatay language) Divergent Jola language spoken in Senegal
Kwatay
Kuwaataay
Native toSenegal
Native speakers6,200 (2006)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3cwt
Glottologkuwa1246
ELPKuwaataay
Waat
Persona-waat, a-jɛmbɛrɛŋ
Peopleɛ-waat
Languageɛlɔp ɛjɛmbɛrɛŋay; bahamin buwaatay
Countryjuwaat

Kwatay (Kuwaataay) is a divergent Jola language of Senegal.

The Diembereng dialect is spoken on a southern coastal island of the same name, located in the Casamance River delta. A person is referred to as a-jɛmbɛrɛŋ or a-waat, and people are referred to as ɛ-waat. Their territory is known as juwaat. The language is called ɛlɔp ɛjɛmbɛrɛŋay and bahamin buwaatay, where ɛlɔp and presumably bahamin mean 'language'.

References

  1. Kwatay at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
Atlantic languages
Bak
Jola
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Senegambian
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